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No. 451,946. Patented May 12, 1891.

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J. A. MEYER.

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Patented May 12, 1891.

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JOHN A. MEYER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters latent No. 451,946, dated May 12, 1891.

Application filed October 11, 1890. Serial No. 367,809- (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN A. MEYER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Tables, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to tables; and its object is to provide a table with a canopy. To this end my invention consists in the improvement hereinafter described and claimed;

Like letters refer to the same parts in the several figures of the drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a table provided with leaves, and showing the cloth or cover in section. Fig. 3 is a plan view looking from underneath. Fig. 4 is aside elevation with the attachment folded, and Fig. 5 is a vertical section of a modified construction.

I have observed that tables, when exposed to the ordinary conditions, will in a short time become quite dusty, and this is especially observable in cases where the table has been set, or provided with dishes, edibles, &c., some time before the hour of the repast, and I have designed the construction hereinafter described with a view of meet ing and overcoming the defect referred to. I propose to supply a table of any wellknown class with a frame constructed to extend over the table to support a cloth or canopy. A frame of convenient construction for accomplishing this general result will now be described.

A designates any suitable table which may have secured to its under side a number of cleats or blocks B, upon which are pivotally secured the frames 0 D, which are composed of a number of hinged sections, mounted so as to stand at an inclination to the table and having the free ends of the pairs of bars composing the frames 0 and D abut and secured together by a tongue-andgroove or similar connection. The bars of the frame C extend a little higher than those of D and project from the sides of the table at right angles to the sides from which the bars of the frame D project. It will be seen At the same time the bars I of the frame, consisting of jointed or hinged sections, may be readily converted into a compact shape and swung or turned under the table, so asto be out of the Way. The cleats B are for the purpose of raising the bars sufficiently below the under side of the table, so as to enable them to be folded without strain.

In Figs. 2 and 5 no cleats are necessary, because the bars are hinged to the under side of the folding leaves of the table.

It is obvious that many modifications not departing from the general principles of my invention will readily suggest themselves to those skilled in the art, and I therefore do not wish to be understood as confining myself to the exact construction shown and described.

WVhat I claim, and. desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. A table havinga frame for supporting a cloth, consisting of a series of bars composed of hinged sections, each bar being pivoted to the outer surface of a cleat affixed to the under side of the table and extending up wardly above the table, so as to meet and abut against an end of an opposing bar, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A table provided with a frame for supporting a cloth,said frame consisting of bars, each of which is composed of hinged sections, and is pivoted to the outer surface of a cleat secured to the under side of the table, and each bar projecting upwardly and inwardly above the table and abutting against an adjoining end of an opposite bar, whereby the frame'cau be projected upward to support the cloth or folded and turned underneath the table, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. A table provided with cleats or blocks secured to its under surface, a series of bars composed of hinged sections, each of which is secured by a vertical pivot to the outer side of such cleat or block and projecting angularly above the table and abutting against the adjoining end of the opposite bar, and each pair of bars havinginterlocking jaws at their meeting ends, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN A. MEYER.

Witnesses:

A. G. WATERMAN,

J. L. COCHRAN. 

